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ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2011

Measurement of functional anti-meningococcal serogroup a activity using strain 3125 as the target strain for serum bactericidal assay.

Jan T Poolman, Isabel De Vleeschauwer, Nathalie Durant, Nathalie Devos, Christiane Feron, Pascal Lestrate, Vincent Weynants, Dominique Boutriau

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Article in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jan T PoolmanGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Rixensart 1330, Belgium. jan.poolman@gskbio.com
Isabel De Vleeschauwer
Nathalie Durant
Nathalie Devos
Christiane Feron
Pascal Lestrate
Vincent Weynants
Dominique Boutriau
GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium) · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Functional anti-N. meningitidis serogroup A (MenA) activity in human serum is detected by serum bactericidal assay (SBA), using either rabbit (rSBA) or human (hSBA) complement, with F8238 as the recommended MenA SBA target strain. However, the F8238 strain may not be optimal for this purpose because, as we show here, it expresses the L11 immunotype, whereas most MenA invasive strains express the L(3,7)9 or L10 immunotype. Moreover, SBA results may be strain dependent, because immunotypes differ in their sensitivity to complement, emphasizing the need to choose the most appropriate strain. Sera from random subsets of infants, toddlers, children, and adolescents in clinical trials of MenA conjugate vaccines were tested by rSBA using strains 3125 (L10) and F8238 (L11). In unvaccinated subjects from all age groups, the percentages of seropositive samples (rSBA-MenA titer, ≥1:8) was lower using strain 3125 than using strain F8238. However, in toddlers and adolescents immunized with a conjugate MenA vaccine, the percentages of seropositive samples generally were similar using either strain in the rSBA. In two studies, sera also were tested with hSBA. Using hSBA, the differences in the percentages of seroprotective samples (hSBA-MenA titer, ≥1:4) between strains 3125 and F8238 was less apparent, and in contrast with rSBA, the percentage of seroprotective samples from unvaccinated subjects was slightly higher using strain 3125 than using strain F8238. In adults vaccinated with plain MenA polysaccharide, the percentage of seroprotective samples was higher using strain 3125 than with strain F8238, and the vaccine response rates using strain 3125 were better aligned with the demonstrated efficacy of MenA vaccination. In conclusion, SBA results obtained using the MenA L10 3125 strain better reflected vaccine-induced immunity.

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AdolescentAge FactorsAntibodies, BacterialBlood Bactericidal ActivityChildHumansInfant, NewbornMeningococcal VaccinesNeisseria meningitidis, Serogroup ASerologic TestsSpecies SpecificityVaccinationVaccines, ConjugateAntibodies, BacterialMeningococcal VaccinesVaccines, Conjugate

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PMID21593240
PMCPMC3147334
OpenAlexW2121392087

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